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College  hockey news reported that this is very close to becoming a reality.  
Anyone know when this decision will take place?

This is going to be a classic !  Cant wait for the puck to drop

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Quote from: ChipJ4-0 now.  We are getting wiped off the ice.  Ugly.

7 shots for 2 periods.
McCarron takes an ugly/unnecessary penalty while we're on the PP.
Isles going down on almost every shot.
Team skating like they're on 'ludes.
WTF, guys!!!???
::cuss::

This is what you get every year with coach Schafer.  Play the same ineffective game. Cheap shots.  Dives.  Gutless, heartless.  Rolling over when things don't go your way.  Seen it too many times.  Fire this asshole now. And the scrubby, talentless players they have now will get gradually replaced by guys that play the game right, or at the very least will continue to put in an effort when (gasp!) they have to come from behind.  Just desserts for a bunch of losers who don't seem to treat Lynah with any sort of respect and let even worse teams come into our barn and beat us.


The fact that this team is still in contention for an NCAA bid is a testament to how flawed the system is.  Losing this game but winning the consolation game is somehow the same as making it to the championship but losing to Union?  Tell that to Harvard if they lose tomorrow night that they are out but Cornell is in. If you think Cornell deserves to be in the tournament, you are a fucking idiot!

FIRE SCHAFER NOW!

Thank you.... could not say it any better.

Quote from: Jim HylaFour CU nominees for Patty Kazmaier Award.

QuoteSenior Rebecca Johnston, juniors Laura Fortino and Lauriane Rougeau and sophomore Brianne Jenner all made the cut to the final 30 student-athletes.

4/30 ain't bad.

QuoteFortino and Rougeau...were two of just five defensemen to make the cut

And I like this.

QuoteThe Big Red's four Patty Kazmaier nominees will have a chance to bolster their résumés this weekend with an ECAC Hockey Tournament Quarterfinal series against Brown.

Here's more info from the ECAC release, which lists all 30. 8 from ECAC, so we got half.

QuoteThe 34 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey head coaches will select the top-10 finalists from among the group of 30 nominees, with the announcement taking place on March 1. A 13-member selection committee will choose the three finalists (announced March , as well as the award recipient, which will be announced live at the brunch ceremony in Duluth on March 17.

Fantastic ! All deserving ,lets hope for at least 2 in the top 10 announcement on March 1st.

Quote from: underskillGarman split with Iles b/c last year was a rebuilding year, and by the time the team was ready to compete nationally again, Garman would've been gone anyways, plus Iles was a blue-chip recruit, so it makes sense to play him and get him ready for the future.  Marozzi was a last minute backup addition.  I'm sure the ideal goal is to bring in Iles' true successsor likely during his senior year, as presumably Iles isn't leaving early.

Ok, 10 freshmen this year makes it a non-rebuiding year ?  Missing the point, Schafer is not applying prudence.  Even if Iles was destined to be the #1 guy, wouldnt a coach want a good capable #2 developing at what 70 - 30%, 80- 20%, 90 - 10% split?  If something goes wrong with you #1 guy, you would have some insurance in place... or is  this just too much of common sense?

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Quote from: billhowardCornell is going all-or-nothing with Iles.

Yep, that's apparent.  The gap in ability is big enough that the coaching staff doesn't really have a choice but to ride Iles.  We've been in this position before.  I'm sure they are beavering away looking for prospects, and they do have an emergency back-up.

It would appear there is more to this than an apparent 'gap'.  You do not evaluate a goalie by not playing them at all - it is common understanding that practice is one thing, game action is another important dimension in an evaluaton and development process.  Garmin did not even get a minute in exhibition games with Scrivens, Marozzi played a whole 3rd period in the second exhibition game of which he showed decent skills in movement and puck handling, and Omar for the first time saw 8mins of an exhibition but didnt see a shot.  
At the beginning of the season, Schafer stated he wasnt ready to pronounce Iles as the starter so he took a long a hard look at the other two..really...Iles was average if not below the first few games, until he got some confidence and with lots of help from Mayotte.
I believe there is more to why Garmin left early, now you bring in a blue chip mature goalie with significant experience, and key accomplishments to only waste away that asset?  Beavering away for prospects? A good goalie prospect will not want to come to Cornell until Iles leaves because only after Iles has many below average games will the other guy get a shot..seeing how Schafer has a history of riding one guy, it would have appeared he broke that temporarily last year when Iles arrived. This year Iles needed all the exposure to make the National team and get drafted in his last year of eligiblity.  Most Coaches thrive to have a great tandem duo back there. Schafer has been lucky so far riding one guy, giving him all the confidence and opportunity to develop, hope nothing happens to Iles in an urgent situation like playoffs and this questionable style of coaching doesnt come back to bite us.

At the beginning of his tenure, Schafer used a two-goalie rotation (until the playoffs) most of the time: Skazyk/Elliott, Elliott/Pelletier, Burt/Underhill, and even Underhill/LeNeveu.  In fact, that was seen as one of the reasons Pelletier left early, because he was only going to get to play half the time until Elliott graduated.  The only exception was after Pelletier's exit, when Elliott played every game until he got hurt and Burt got pressed into service.  So either Schafer's style has changed with time, or he chooses the strategy best suited to the players at his disposal.

He uses his goalies as best suited. Think about what we are implying in our wish that Iles isn't the loan goalie this year.  That Schafer could have recruited another goalie of Andy's ability when the early exit of Garman was unanticipated? (As an aside, did no one know he would/could graduate in three years?  When my three buddies did the three year undergrad routine, leaving in '73 rather than '74,it took an inordinate amount of effort to get the OK from Day Hall.  How did Garman do this undercover?)  If it was that easy to recruit, then wouldn't all the division one teams in the top 20 have two great goalies on the roster with one incoming every other year or so?

I'm as nervous about Iles making it through the season as anyone, but that's our hand.

(As another aside, Seth Appert pulled Merriam as RPI was getting bombed in the game on Saturday. But after Diebold let in three, he threw Merriam back on the ice to finish the game.  And this from a former goalie (Appert). So was Appert trying to save Merriam's psyche and then trying to save Diebold at Merriam's expense?? Moves like this are typical of why many of us don't hold Appert in high esteem.)

Anyone who thinks it's easy to be in Schafer's spot is just nuts.::nut::

I think you are missing the point, Garmin sat for two whole years, not one minute of play...third year rolls around and he needs to split 50/50 with a freshman right off the bat?  He was the hot during playoffs and Schafer still continued with Iles.  It would have been in Garmin's interest with Pro to stay on another year for development and playing time - I think he saw the writing on the wall.  In terms of our hand is only limited to having Iles -  well every good goalie wants to play, I hardly think Marozzi who played significantly back in Spruce Grove,  had impressive success and from what I read a strong competitor was recruited on the basis of a pure #2, with no opportunity for any minute of playing time.  No competition in that position is not healthy for the goalies themselves but more importantly, for the team, and future recruitment as well.  Schafer is gambling -  taking unnecessary risks.

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Quote from: billhowardCornell is going all-or-nothing with Iles.

Yep, that's apparent.  The gap in ability is big enough that the coaching staff doesn't really have a choice but to ride Iles.  We've been in this position before.  I'm sure they are beavering away looking for prospects, and they do have an emergency back-up.

It would appear there is more to this than an apparent 'gap'.  You do not evaluate a goalie by not playing them at all - it is common understanding that practice is one thing, game action is another important dimension in an evaluaton and development process.  Garmin did not even get a minute in exhibition games with Scrivens, Marozzi played a whole 3rd period in the second exhibition game of which he showed decent skills in movement and puck handling, and Omar for the first time saw 8mins of an exhibition but didnt see a shot.  
At the beginning of the season, Schafer stated he wasnt ready to pronounce Iles as the starter so he took a long a hard look at the other two..really...Iles was average if not below the first few games, until he got some confidence and with lots of help from Mayotte.
I believe there is more to why Garmin left early, now you bring in a blue chip mature goalie with significant experience, and key accomplishments to only waste away that asset?  Beavering away for prospects? A good goalie prospect will not want to come to Cornell until Iles leaves because only after Iles has many below average games will the other guy get a shot..seeing how Schafer has a history of riding one guy, it would have appeared he broke that temporarily last year when Iles arrived. This year Iles needed all the exposure to make the National team and get drafted in his last year of eligiblity.  Most Coaches thrive to have a great tandem duo back there. Schafer has been lucky so far riding one guy, giving him all the confidence and opportunity to develop, hope nothing happens to Iles in an urgent situation like playoffs and this questionable style of coaching doesnt come back to bite us.

Quote from: Scersk '97That wasn't wholly disappointing.  Frustrating, as Chewbacca says, but not disappointing.

Whenever you are behind the first-place team in your conference (on the road) after one, come back to lead in the second, and then hold on for at least a tie, it's not bad.  My questions are these:

(1)  When is Espo coming back?  All you have to do is look at our record when he is absent and you know he is an important cog in the machine.  (By rankings of +/- and points-per-game, he is the third-best forward on the team.)

(2)  Is Birch's concussion bad?  I certainly hope not.  Looked to me like he got hit in the nads too.

(3)  When and if Birch comes back, what do you do with the defense?  Both Brisson and Gotovets have played well lately; indeed, Gotovets seems to have fully recovered from his defensive meltdown vs. Brown early in the season.  I remember Whitney playing quite well as a forward ("extra defenseman" ) at the end of the 2010 campaign.  Why not pop him up to the fourth line to replace DeSwardt or Craig?  I also love having an extra D in the lineup just in case someone goes down during a critical game and giving our younger D some time playing pressure hockey.  (Something that Whitney, well...  has never been very good at IMHO.)

(4)  When will the PK gel?  It has to at some point.  I know, with Iles's size, it won't be the kind of strength it used to be.  (He's a much better traffic/5-on-5 guy.)  But come on!  Learn how to clear the damn puck and learn not to dick around with it.

(5)  The team has been getting better at blocking shots.  Which line will step up and become the third-period shutdown (but not checking) line?  I do think, maybe just this weekend, Collins is starting to bring on a senior push.  I nominate that line.

Five seems a good number.

I agree with your assessment, however, I feel we lost a great W opportunity- considering Union's starter suffered a groin injury during Thursday's practice.  Andy has not been sharp lately,
it seems the second games of a weekend have been weaker performances, could fatigue be setting ?

Oh...exciting times... we WILL do it!

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Quote from: BenLosses and ties by Minnesota and da Badgers are letting us back in this. If we win out (very tough, but possible) and they drop a few games each, we might be the top seed. Maybe.

Four more games against the current TUC list (Harvard, Dartmouth, Clarkson twice) will be important.  Three are on the road.  Record against TUCs now is 2-2.  Wisco is 8-2-2; Lady Goofs 9-4-1.  Would be nice if Q could sneak onto the TUC list.

Very exciting indeed - heard the same thing tonight for next year... i sure hope it is true